The deterioration of tall wheatgrass pastures on saline sodic soils

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-246

  Taboada, Miguel A ^a,b   Rubio, Gerardo ^a   Lavado, Raul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nac Invest Cie y T ^*

Author keywords

Deterioration; Native grasslands; Saline sodic soils; Tall wheatgrass pastures; Tillage

Indexed keywords

PASTURE; PLANT DENSITY; SALINE SOIL; WHEATGRASS;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE; LAPRIDA BASIN;

ELYTRIGIA; ELYTRIGIA ELONGATA; POACEAE; THINOPYRUM ELONGATUM;

EID: 0031914177     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003213     Document Type: Article

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